Andrew Tillett
Foreign Affairs and Defence correspondent at Australian Financial Review
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Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondentJun 2, 2025 – 5.47pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? If you want an example of how distorted Australia’s defence funding choices have become, Exhibit A lies in the smouldering ruins of about $11 billion worth of wrecked Russian warplanes.
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Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondentJun 2, 2025 – 11.45am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Australia would need to find an extra $40 billion a year for the military to satisfy the Trump administration’s demand for Australia to increase defence spending.
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Updated Jun 1, 2025 – 6.54am, first published at 6.48am or Subscribe to save article1 min ago – 6.54AMHegseth warns allies about China Taiwan threatUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth pressed US partners in Asia to boost defence spending toward 5 per cent of gross domestic product, warning that more urgency is needed to prepare for a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
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Updated Jun 1, 2025 – 7.56am, first published at 6.48am or Subscribe to save article4 mins ago – 7.55AMGovernment ‘concerned’ by Chinese ownership of Port of Darwin: MarlesDeputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles said the Albanese government has consistently opposed Chinese ownership of the Port of Darwin and isn’t under added pressure from the Trump administration to find a new buyer for the facility that is under increased scrutiny in Canberra.
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Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondentMay 30, 2025 – 10.30pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
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